In the September 2016 (yes, it’s out in June) issue of Writer’s Digest, there’s an interesting “inkwell” column called “Scout’s…
Orthodox Christians—those who make some effort to keep the fasts of the Church throughout the year (including no meat, dairy,…
My mother died one month ago today. No more tangles and plaques. Hospice Ministries of Mississippi called yesterday to ask…
While waiting for the anthology I edited—A Second Blooming: Becoming the Women We Are Meant to Be—to come out from…
One of the largest icons at our parish, Saint John Orthodox in Memphis, is of the Feast of Pentecost (at…
Yesterday morning before leaving New Orleans, I finished reading Katherine Clark’s novel, The Headmaster’s Darlings, which I enjoyed immensely. I…
Someone on Facebook wrote a poignant post yesterday about the mass shooting in Orlando. Her point was that when the…
I woke up this morning at 5:45 a.m., probably because we left the curtains open with our lovely view of…
Monday night at our monthly writers group, I asked the others in the group a question before we began critiquing…
In the early years, you fight because you don’t understand each other. In the later years, you fight because you…